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UF cancer research trainee to perform for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital

Caretia Washington, an M.D.-1 in the University of Florida College of Medicine’s M.D.-Ph.D. program, will be performing with the college’s White Coat Company in a production of “Shrek” for the UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital on Feb. 14. Washington, who is conducting research on cancer disparities with faculty in the…

Dr. Dongyu Zhang awarded the UF Health Cancer Center Pilot Fund

Research Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, Dongyu Zhang, received funding from the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) Pilot Program to study the effects of walking exercise intervention to reduce fatigue in older breast cancer survivors. This 2-year pilot trial is supported by the pilot fund in UFHCC with a total budget…

Cheng receives CTSI pilot grant

Dr. Ting-Yuan (David) Cheng, assistant professor in Epidemiology, recently received a UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Precision Health Initiative pilot grant for his proposal, “Body composition and high-plex protein expression profiling to inform breast cancer therapy and prognosis: A pilot study in OneFlorida.” The study will pilot…